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UK Youth Annual Report and Financial Statements 2021/22

UK Youth's 2021/22 annual report, its most successful fundraising year to date at that point, shows over 68,000 young people engaged through programmes and outdoor learning. The charity distributed £4.6m to youth organisations, including £2.9m in unrestricted grants to 334 charities via its Covid Relief Fund.

Report snapshot
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About

Grants and organisational support; targeted youth work programmes (employability, mental health, social action, physical literacy); outdoor learning delivery at Avon Tyrrell; cross-sector convening; capacity building for network organisations; policy advocacy

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 68,000+ young people engaged in UK Youth's provision
Key Metric 2 £14.6 million total income raised
Key Metric 3 £4.6 million distributed to youth organisations, including £2.9m in unrestricted grants to 334 charities

Key Outcomes

  • 74% of young people on programmes improved their Emotional & Social Capabilities
  • Almost 12,000 young people took part in outdoor learning at Avon Tyrrell
  • 88% of organisations receiving Covid Relief Fund grants said they now feel optimistic about their future

Geography

International

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
440,000+ young people aged 4-18 active members across 7,000 Groups
Key Metric 2
140,000 volunteers supporting the movement across the UK
Key Metric 3
373 Sections opened or re-energised in England between April 2024 and March 2025
0.3% overall growth in young people (ages 4-18), driven by 31% increase in Squirrel Scouts (5,200 young people)
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
55,000 foster carers and 370 fostering service providers as members across the UK
Key Metric 2
45 new Fostering Friendly Employers recruited, bringing the scheme to over 680,000 employees across the UK
Key Metric 3
95 Fostering Wellbeing Pioneers in Wales offering peer support and mentoring to fellow foster carers
191 children and young people engaged in outdoor adventure weeks through the Fostering Attainment and Achievement programme in Northern Ireland
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
91,000 young people supported across 24 countries in 2024/25, including 67,368 in the UK
Key Metric 2
Over 70% of the 25,500 young people who completed Employment and Enterprise programmes achieved a positive outcome
Key Metric 3
Education programmes engaged 63,000 young people (69% of the total), the largest share of delivery
In the UK, 71% of Employment and Enterprise completers achieved a positive outcome, including 39% into employment or self-employment
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
851 students supported through the In2STEM programme in 2024, from 2,036 applications
Key Metric 2
27,447 hours of in-person STEM placement experience provided to participants
Key Metric 3
94% of participants know what it means to work in STEM after the programme, up from 69% beforehand
97% of alumni who applied to university were successfully offered a place, based on UCAS data from 1,760 alumni